We bought a PVR a couple years ago. We can watch the programs we want, when we want and interrupt them at will, not when the ads dictate. "Wait, what did he say?" No problem! We’ll just rewind.
I’d like to rewind my story for you. I decided in my early twenties that my life verse would be Philippians 3:10, which says, "I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death." (NIV) I wanted to know Christ. Sure there was the part about "the fellowship of His sufferings" (KJV). I had heard Richard Wurmbrand’s testimony first-hand detailing persecution. It was a reality I wanted to sweep into the corner of my mind along with all uncomfortable truths that rattled my paradigm.
Ah… singleness. That state of freedom that allows myself and my fellow unmarrieds to enjoy all the happiness and bliss of nieces and nephews, and then graciously hand them back to their parents when things get "stinky."
Guilt. I am convinced that one of the most powerful weapons the enemy uses against us is guilt. How many of us conform to feelings of "I should" or "I shouldn't," or perhaps "I'm not good enough"?